In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.

The judgment may be compared to a clock or watch, where the most ordinary machine is sufficient to tell the hours; but the most elaborate alone can point out the minutes and seconds, and distinguish the smallest differences of time.

Neatness is a crowning grace of womanhood.

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

There are three things I have loved but never understood. Art, music and women.

I hate war, for it spoils conversation.

It takes time to ruin a world, but time is all it takes.